Dec. 30, 2009
TSA and Bloggers Tied 1-1
As if President Obama’s anger over the security leak that allowed a Nigerian man to nearly blow up a Delta Airlines flight inbound to Detroit on Christmas were not enough, the White House now needs to contend with a PR quagmire created entirely by the TSA. Two aviation bloggers were yesterday served with subpoenas demanding they release the name of the source they used to obtain a security document the Department of Homeland Security said should not have been made public.
This is sure to become a precedent setting confrontation between journalists/communicators and the administration.
We spoke to Runway Girl, Mary Kirby, a blogger and journalist who was right in the middle of the debacle.
Technorati tags: TSA, Department of Homeland Security, Mary Kirby, Runway Girl, Steve Frischling, Chris Elliott, airlines, blogging, aviation marketing, airline security, NWA 253
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